{"id":1271,"date":"2020-10-05T15:26:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T13:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icotonidialbini.com\/news\/dalla-coltivazione-esclusiva-di-due-cotoni-organici-nasce-biofusion\/"},"modified":"2022-05-04T10:16:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T08:16:11","slug":"biofusion-the-scientifically-traced-organic-cotton-grown-by-ica","status":"publish","type":"icanews","link":"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/en\/news\/biofusion-the-scientifically-traced-organic-cotton-grown-by-ica\/","title":{"rendered":"BIOFUSION\u00ae: the scientifically traceable organic cotton grown by ICA Yarns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"newstext-block_5f731fa66fea1\" class=\"newstext alignfull\">\n    \t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"newstext_txt\"><p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ICA Yarns has always been committed to researching and selecting <\/span><b>the best raw materials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to study <\/span><b>how to grow them optimally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From this objective due to the long experience acquired in the direct cultivation of cotton in Egypt, Barbados and the United States, ICA Yarns gave life to a special project, in close collaboration with six American farmers located in Texas, New Mexico and California, cultivating <\/span><b>organic cotton<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In particular, there are two varieties of organic cotton grown in these fields: <\/span><b>Supima<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and <\/span><b>Upland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an American long-staple cotton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the exclusive cultivation of these two cottons comes <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BIOFUSION<strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an organic cotton <\/span><b>scientifically traceable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0thanks to an innovative method based on forensic science. Traceability is not only a guarantee of the origin of the raw material, but also of its sustainable production according to high ethical and quality standards defined by American laws and Supima<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ICA Yarns directly manages and controls these cotton farms, in collaboration with American growers, with the aim of ensuring full compliance with the law, high quality standards and the traceability of the production chain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"slider-block_5f7b24a982ec0\" class=\"carousel alignfull\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Slideshow_1440x810.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Slideshow_1440x810.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Slideshow_1440x810-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Slideshow_1440x810-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Slideshow_1440x810-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Slideshow_1440x810-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"newstext-block_5f7b27f682ec2\" class=\"newstext alignfull\">\n    \t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"newstext_txt\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>organic plantations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from which BIOFUSION<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> comes meet the following requirements:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The cultivated land has produced exclusively organic products for the previous three years;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The seed is GMO-free;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Chemical fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides are not used;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The defoliation is natural.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, with one of these farmers, an innovative <\/span><b>drip irrigation method<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was developed. 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Drip irrigation minimizes water consumption and avoids waste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ICA Yarns combines its know-how with the passion of cotton growers in this unique and exclusive project, which is based on quality, traceability and the guarantee of an ethical and sustainable production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special project based on quality, traceability, ethics and sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"news":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BIOFUSION\u00ae: the scientifically traceable organic cotton grown by ICA Yarns - Albini Yarns<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/en\/news\/biofusion-the-scientifically-traced-organic-cotton-grown-by-ica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BIOFUSION\u00ae: the scientifically traceable organic cotton grown by ICA Yarns - 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